I must say that I am rather dumbfounded by the turn events have taken and the conflict between directors and technicians that is looming on the horizon. Indelible scars have already been made. I do not understand the point of this fratricide war, for our interests are identical. I have always made films for directors.
Back then, they, too, debated over a Convention…rather; the Convention was the place where they debated. That National Convention was composed of 749 representatives elected by direct suffrage for the first time in our country’s history, the distinction between active and passive citizens having been abolished.
When it comes into effect on 1st October 2013, all of our Cinema-related professions will have a Collective Labour Agreement. Despite the bitterness of the negotiations, there were neither winners nor losers. Our profession must find a way to return to the harmony and serenity it has lost over the last weeks and months.
On 1 July 2013, after ten years of negotiations, the decision to extend the Collective Labour Agreement for French Cinematographic Production was signed. The wrenching debates that preceded this ratification have caused the end of support that we once thought indefectible.